Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT - SECT 24

(1) A council must adopt its municipal or shire plan (or revisions to its municipal or shire plan) between 1 April and 31 July in each year and forward a copy of the plan (or the revised plan) to the Agency by the latter date.

(2) Before the council adopts its municipal or shire plan (or revisions to its municipal or shire plan) for a particular year, the council must:

(a) prepare a draft of the plan (incorporating any proposed revisions); and

(b) make the draft plan accessible on the council's website and make copies available for public inspection at the council's public offices; and

(c) publish a notice on its website and in a newspaper circulating generally in the area inviting written submissions on the draft plan within a period (at least 21 days) from the date of the notice; and

(d) consider the submissions made in response to the invitation and make any revisions to the draft the council considers appropriate in the light of the submissions.

(3) Although the council's budget forms part of its municipal or shire plan, this section does not apply to the adoption of the budget or of amendments to it.

(4) The adoption of a budget, or of amendments to it, operates to amend the municipal or shire plan so that it conforms with the most recent text of the council's budget.